STOP ME IF YOU THINK YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE: North Korea Says It Is Open to U.S. Talks on Denuclearization.
After meetings between envoys from the South and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang signaled a “clear intent to pursue denuclearization,” according to Chung Eui-yong, South Korea’s national security adviser.
North Korea said that it wouldn’t conduct nuclear or missile testing during any talks, Mr. Chung said.
Mr. Kim also told the South that he would be willing to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom in late April, in what would be the third-ever inter-Korean summit.
Mr. Chung and Suh Hoon, the South Korean intelligence chief who was also part of the delegation, will travel to Washington this week to brief senior Trump administration officials, Mr. Chung said in a press briefing.
Be wary, but if the North is being at all honest, it’s because peace-through-strength works.